Public inquiry into police failings in murder investigation of Emma Caldwell confirmed

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An independent public inquiry into the police handling of the Emma Caldwell murder investigation will go ahead, Scotland’s justice secretary has announced.

Last week Iain Packer, 51, was jailed for life after being found guilty of strangling the 27-year-old in 2005. He had been interviewed by police a month after her body was found but it took 19 years to bring him to justice.Emma's family have said they believe police should be held to account for failures in investigating the case.

“There must be no connection to the Met because Stephen House is quite clearly an individual who has fingerprints all over this case and he also must come to a public inquiry and potentially a criminal investigation, and answer as to what happened on his watch”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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